Sr. Autonomous Driving Engineer Autonomy

Job Description

Rivian is seeking a key member for their Perception team to develop advanced machine learning algorithms for self-driving features in their Electric Adventure Vehicles.

Requirements

• B.S., M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field
• 3+ years related industry or research experience
• Strong software engineering fundamentals in C++ and Python
• Broad understanding of modern Perception systems and architectures
• Experience in software for safety-critical systems, robotics, machine learning model training, infrastructure, and tools
• Experience in parallel programming, cloud computing, and large-scale data processing
• Ability to work in a fast-paced development environment
• Good team player with great communication skills

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain machine learning components for autonomy tasks
• Develop technical strategy and architecture for foundation models
• Build multi-modal, multi-task transformer-based systems for closed-loop autonomy
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across perception, planning, simulation, and ML infrastructure
• Drive alignment between model capabilities and real-world deployment constraints
• Publish internal technical guidance and mentor engineers across autonomy ML

Benefits

• Robust medical/Rx, dental and vision insurance packages for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26.